Initial analysis of air temperature and related data from the phoenix MET station and their use in estimating turbulent heat fluxes

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 115, Issue E3, 2010, Pages

  Davy, Richard ^a   Davis, Jeffrey A ^b   Taylor, Peter A ^a   Lange, Carlos F ^b   Weng, Wensong ^a   Whiteway, Jim ^a   Gunnlaugson, Haraldur P ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEAT FLUX; MARS; SPACECRAFT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 77949560760     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003444     Document Type: Article

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